Fragments of Self Quotes

“...but she liked it. She had an unconscious fascination for tilting her head down towards melancholy.”
― Leonardo Berch, Fragments of Self: a novel of love across borders

“...in just one night, that perennial feeling of being a rotting painting decorating the intimacy of a perpetually dark house was replaced by that of desire, curiosity and the audacity of what we were or were supposed to be...”
― Leonardo Berch, Fragments of Self: a novel of love across borders

“Suddenly another even faster flashback throws me to a conversation I had with a friend two years ago where I learned I'm self-destructive at points. 'Yes,' I reassured her as she warned me about coming to Finland. "I'll throw everything down if it gets ugly." I'm not sure of what she meant, but I know I meant that If I knew I was going to crash, I'd gas the fuck out of that vehicle, ensuring no survival.”
― Leonardo Berch, Fragments of Self: a novel of love across borders